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Attanasio, Orazio; Meghir, Costas; Mommaerts, Corina - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

We investigate partial insurance and group risk sharing in extended family networks. Our approach is based on decomposing income shocks into group aggregate and idiosyncratic components, allowing us to measure the extent to which each is insured, having accounted for public insurance programs....

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The Contribution of US Taxes and Social Transfers to Income Redistribution

Hierro, Luis A.; Gómez-Alvarez, Rosario; Atienza, Pedro - In: Public Finance Review 40 (2012) 3, pp. 381-400

The aim of this work is to solve the problem of nonadditivity revealed by work that calculates the redistributive effects of the budget or public policies made up of different instruments of income or public spending. To do this, the authors use the Shapley value. This technique allows us to...

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Capitalism, Crisis, and Class

Dufour, Mathieu; Orhangazi, Özgür - In: Review of Radical Political Economics 46 (2014) 4, pp. 461-472

declines, and income inequality and poverty increase. Capital, on the other hand, recovers quickly and gains more ground … changes in inequality and poverty. Next, we focus on the role of government policies through an analysis of government …

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Personal income tax reforms and tax progressivity in Slovenia, 1991-2012

Stanovnik, Tine; Verbic, Miroslav - In: Financial Theory and Practice 38 (2014) 4, pp. 441-463

Using two different data sets, both derived from the personal income tax files, this paper analyses income inequality … legislation. After the early years of transition (1991-1993), characterized by a large increase in income inequality, the … introduction of a tripartite institution (The Economic and Social Council), responsible for wage negotiations. Inequality of …

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"Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the Consumer Expenditure Survey 2011 and Annual Social Economic Supplement 2011"

Rios-Avila, Fernando - Levy Economics Institute - 2015

supplement and the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX) 2011, which are used for the integrated inequality assessment model for the …

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Vote Buying, Political Patronage and Selective Plunder

Cendales, Andrés - In: Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos … 49 (2012) 2, pp. 237-276

This article introduces a political economy model for studying the relationship between the vote-buying strategy of a party that has won the mayoralty of a municipality in the last election and its preferences as the governing party on the municipal political space, given its desire to maintain...

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Swedish Inheritance and Gift Taxation (1885–2004)

Henrekson, Magnus; Du Rietz, Gunnar; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

This paper studies the evolution of the modern Swedish inheritance taxation from its introduction in 1885 to its abolishment in 2004. A thorough description is offered of the basic principles of the tax, including underlying ideas and ambitions, tax schedules, and rules concerning valuation of...

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Swedish Wealth Taxation (1911–2007)

Du Rietz, Gunnar; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

This paper studies the evolution of modern Swedish wealth taxation since its introduction in 1911 until it was abolished in 2007. It offers a thorough description of the rules concerning valuation of assets, deductions/exemptions and tax schedules to characterize effective wealth tax schedules...

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Estates, bequests, and inheritances in Sweden - A look into the Belinda databases

Elinder, Mikael; Erixson, Oscar; Escobar, Sebastian; … - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2014

The objective of this paper is to describe two new administrative Swedish databases, referred to as the Belinda databases. Together, these databases contain the most detailed individual-level data on estates, bequests, and inheritances currently available. We present descriptive statistics for...

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Regional differences in household wealth across Slovakia

Zavadil, Tibor; Messner, Teresa - Národná Banka Slovenska - 2014

This report summarises the findings from the first wave of the Slovak Household Finance and Consumption Survey. The analysis is done at the regional level and presents results on household assets, liabilities, net wealth, income and consumption.

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